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	ASTROLOGY: A Language of Life, vol. 1: PROGRESSIONS - Robert P. Blaschke, $14.95 Contents: Acknowledgments Foreword, by Robert Hand Introduction 1. Astrological rules, laws & definitions 2. Progression theory 3. Progressed planetary motion 4. The progressed sun-moon relationship 5. Progressed retrogradation & stations 6. Signs, degrees, houses & angles by progression 7. Discerning significant progressed aspects 8. Miscellaneous thoughts & interpretive stragegies Appendices: 1. Planet stations, 1920-2010 2. Outer planet stations, 1920-2010 3. Lecture, class & workshop tapes by the author 4. Astrology software programs [circa 1998] 5. Computer chart services 6. Contacting the author 7. Bibliography 8. Sacred heart of astrology correspondence course Comment: I confess when this book first appeared in 1998, I did not realize just how good it was, nor did I guess how important the author himself would quickly become. All the other books give cut-and-dried, off-the-shelf, canned interpretations. Blaschke ignores that for techniques & analysis, the kinds of things that can only be learned by trial & error. This is a rigorous & demanding book. Blaschke starts in the deep end & goes on from there. Here is an example: If you shift your primary reference point of planetary movement after birth from transits to progressions, bearing in mind that all progressed activity itself is directly linked to the birthchart, then the natal aspects become the foundation for all related interpretations. This means that certain planetary relationships, i.e., the pairs of natal planets that are in aspect, will remain prominent throughout the client's life. These planetary pairs are the place of beginning as you establish your interrelated chart analysis. It is true that there can be significant gaps between the formation of exact secondary progressed to natal aspects, or secondary progressed to secondary progressed aspects, as the day for a year calculations move the Sun, Moon & personal planets at a relatively slow rate of Zodical degree movement per year. Taking into consideration the current tertiary & minor progression activity, the planetary picture radically changes. Using a clock of life analogy, with the different rates of motion of the hour, minute & second hands, we find that the secondaries move the planets one day per year (the hour hand), the tertiaries move the planets about thirteen days per year (the minute hand), and the minors move the planets about 27 days per year (the second hand). This is from page 9. Already, by this point, we have had Carter's Nativity Rule (if it's not shown in the natal chart, forget it! - pg. 5), Carter's Rule of Excitation (a transiting planet precipitates the same planet progressed, pg. 6), and now, with no forewarning whatever, tertiaries & minors as timing factors. Blaschke is just getting warmed up! Sharpen your pencils, roll up your sleeves, you can have fun with a book like this. From the foreword by Robert Hand: "This book on progressions is quite accessible to astrological readers of many levels, but it is not a beginner's book....It goes beyond that to provide a practical and theoretical foundation for integrating the various methods of progressions into a single body of method..." Earthwalk School of Astrology, 137 pages.

	PREDICTING EVENTS WITH ASTROLOGY, revised & expanded edition - Celeste Teal, $26.95 Contents: Acknowledgments Chart data Introducing the prediction techniques: Promise & potential, Chart calculation techniques, Astrological clock, Secondary progressions, Transits, Solar & lunar returns, Eclipses & the nodes, Horary, Special points, Terminology Part One: Secondary progressions: 1. Preliminary techniques & the delineation of the progressed chart 2. Exploring the finer points of the progressed chart 3. Love & marriage 4. Money & success 5. Children 6. Physical health 7. Mental health 8. Accidents & other misfortunes 9. Death & bereavement Part Two: Return charts: 10. Basics of the return charts 11. Fine-tuning the returns 12. The return techniques in practice 13. The solar return moon Part Three: Theplanets & other points: 14. Activity & aspects of the planets 15. Eclipses & the lunar nodes 16. Special points Bibliography Glossary Index Comment: The first section, on the progressed chart, starts with general interpretation guidelines. The author then follows with a series of extensive delineations of individuals suffering from specific problems & an analysis of the natal & progressed charts responsible for them. In the table of contents (above) you will see these closely resemble house affairs, e.g., love & marriage (7th), money & success (2nd & 10th), children (5th), physical health (6th), death (8th), etc. The second section, on return charts, offers extensive guidelines to interpretation, though, as in the first section, no overtly cookbook delineations. Chart examples are used to show the practical applictions. The third section, on planets & angles, starts off with an overview of transiting planet to natal planet delineations. (Overview, not specific details.) Included are a table of eclipses, from 1900 to 2050. Under Special Points are the Pleiades, Aries point, Saturn chasing Moon, and the Vertex. This is an excellent book for those who will sit down & read & study. It is not so good for those who wish to point & shoot - and you know who you are. Many of the individual essays - Saturn chasing Moon, for example, are quite good. Llewellyn, 328 pages Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	THE A.C.D / L.D. METHOD OF PROGRESSIONS SIMPLIFIED - Sandra D. McDow & Jo Anna Graziano, $6.00 Contents: General information; Definitions; Rules; Examples: AM GMT on the same day as birth; AM GMT on the same day after birth; PM GMT on the same day as birth; PM GMT on the same day before birth; Progressed ephemeris date with examples; Progressed moon math/monthly motion Comment: Progressions are a day for a year exchange. If you're 40 years old, you know that the line in the ephemeris 40 days after your birth are the positions of your progressed planets for your 40th year. But, exactly when in your 40th year will those ephemeris positions (the moon, in particular) be exact? If you knew what day of the year the ephemeris positions were exact, you could easily bump the progressed moon up one degree a month & know exactly when it made contact with natal planets. For these reasons, the Ajusted Calculation Date (ACD) was devised. It's a simple calculation: Essentially, with a midnight ephemeris, subtract your GMT time of birth from 0:00:00. Add to that the interval between 0h GMT & your GMT birth time at 10 seconds/hour (9.86 seconds if you're fussy). To that sum, add the sidereal time (as shown in the ephemeris) for the last day before your birth. Take the resulting Sidereal Time & look it up in the ephemeris. The date with the closest match is your ACD for a midnight ephemeris. (This book uses a noon ephemeris. The only change for calculation at noon is to start with 12:00:00, instead of 00:00:00.) The better computer programs have long printed the ACD (noon & midnight) on the charts. If you were wondering what it meant, now you know. This book also contains instructions on exact calculation of the progressed moon. A small but useful book. If this is the only item on your order, we will ship at reduced rates, both domestic & international. AFA, 12 pages.

	THE PROGRESSED HOROSCOPE SIMPLIFIED - Leigh Hope Milburn, $21.95 Contents: 1. Progressed horoscope defined 2. General application 3. Predominance of planets 4. The nature & influence of the planets 5. Progression of planets through the signs 6. Progressed ascendant 7. The progressed moon 8. Aspects by the progressions of the moon 9. Aspects by the progression of the sun 10. Aspects by the progression of the planets: Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter 11. Parallels 12. The transits 13. The aspects of the transits: Mars, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 14. Example Comment: From the back of the book: Originally published in 1928, this bok gives detailed instruction on how to interpret the progressed chart using the Moon, Ascendant, and planets as well as transits. Leigh Milburn put to use her wealth of experience, both in classroom work through the Llewellyn College [not the same as the publisher in St. Paul - Dave] and her private practice, to convey the practical information for delineating progressed horoscopes, and how to use them in actual practice. In addition, she includes interpretations for all the major factors in the progressed chart, with chapters on the nature of the planets, planets through the signs, progressed Ascendant, progressed Moon in the houses, parallels, and progressed and transiting aspects of the Sun, Moon & planets. This classic book is a must for those interested in predictive astrology. AFA, 186 pages.

	LUNAR RETURNS - John Townley, $19.95 Contents: List of charts; Introduction by Susan Wishbow Townley Part 1: Anatomy of the Lunar Return: 1. Meet the Moon; 2. Interpreting the Lunar Return Part 2: Delineations: 3. Lights & planets in the houses of the lunar return; Lunar return ascendant by sign; 5. Lights & planets in aspect in the lunar return; 6. Featured natal planets; 7. Transits into natal houses; 8. Transits into lunar return houses; 9. Transits to natal planets; 10. Transits to lunar return planets; 11. Full & new moons in natal & lunar return houses; 12. Transiting retrogrades & eclipses. Comment: You asked for it, and here it is: An entire book on Lunar Returns. Lunar returns happen when the moon returns to its exact place at birth, which it does every 28 days. Lunar returns are therefore our monthly cycle, for better or worse. The book has some dramatic case studies (Martha Stewart, 9-11 (yet again)), but for the most part falls flat. Take an okay book on transits & put "this month" in front of all the delineations, and you pretty much have the flavor of the book. Examples: Lunar return Saturn in the first: You may want to pull in your wings a bit for a while, as restricting forces are in the air that can put pressure on you if you don't carefully mete out your energies... (pg. 75) Any Natal Planet Conjunct Lunar Return Venus: You will likely run across issues & opportunities that allow you to demonstrate your charm & magnetism & set the tone for some time to come... (pg. 34) Sun Conjunct Midheaven: The Sun at midday spreads its widest beams abroad & can be seen from afar, like a flag at the masthead. This month's energy therefore is great for letting people know where you're at. (pg. 116) The author, John Townley, is described at the end of the book as, A millennium Renaissance man, he is also an artist/producer of over a dozen record albums, the author of multiple scholarly maritime historical papers & book reviews, and an Internet multimedia journalist. Llewellyn, 245 pages.

	TRANSITS & SOLAR RETURNS: A new system of analysis for two ancient methods - Ciro Discepolo, $25.00 Contents: Preface 1. Thirty rules 2. Transits of the Sun 3. Transits of the Moon 4. Transits of Mercury 5. Transits of Venus 6. Transits of Mars 7. Transits of Jupiter 8. Transits of Saturn 9. Transits of Uranus 10. Transits of Neptune 11. Transits of Pluto 12. The houses of the solar return 13. Celestials in the houses of the solar return 14. Moon of SR in the houses of the solar return 15. Mercury of SR in the houses of the solar return 16. Venus of SR in the houses of the solar return 17. Mars of SR in the houses of the solar return 18. Jupiter of SR in the houses of the solar return 19. Saturn of SR in the houses of the solar return 20. Uranus of SR in the houses of the solar return 21. Neptune of SR in the houses of the solar return 22. Pluto of SR in the houses of the solar return 23. The index of risk for the year 24. Examples Postface: 25. Preface to the second edition 26. Forecasts: This is why I say yes 27. The question of health 28. What you can do if you cannot leave 29. Results of the more recent researches 30. An essential bibliography Compendium 31. A short preface to the compendium 32. Psychoanalysis & the escape 33. References to the transactional psychology 34. Few links with mythology 35. Few links with Roman religion 36. Active astrology & magic 37. Predation 38. A bibliography to the compendium Comment: In the first section, on transits, there are harmonious & dissonant aspects, which sort of leaves the conjunction up to the reader to figure out. Delineations are extensive (many are nearly a full page long), and for the most part, are given as one long paragraph. Jupiter in harmonious aspect to the Moon is different from Moon in harmonious aspect to Jupiter (ie, no Sakoian & Acker shortcuts). The author also delineates each planet as it transits the twelve houses. Delineations are a lot less psychological than Rob Hand's famous set. In many places, Discepolo, unlike Hand, pulls no punches. Among other details, Saturn transiting the 4th, you could lose a parent. Uranus dissonant to Mars, you could have a bad accident (true, for me). Saturn dissonant to Moon: Possibility of death, if other factors (listed) agree. While the delineations broadly agree with accepted dogma, there are many insights from his long experience. With solar returns, he seems to be a master. From the Preface: I reckoned - by an approximation - that until spring 1997, after twenty-seven years of intensive practice in astrology, I had 'forwarded' at least ten thousand persons to an aimed birthday (over 20,000 in 2007). What's more, year after year I've been recording their outcome, about the splendid reality of the Aimed Solar Return. [ie, relocated solar return - Dave] ... In this volume you'll read quite different observations than those which you might find in any other book. Two examples follow that substantiate this reflection. In the next sections you'll read that a Solar Return starting, say, with Jupiter at the Medium Coli gives one hundred times lower positive effects to the native's social & professional promotion than a Solar Return with the Ascendant lying in the 10th house of the birth chart. Reading the following sections you'll also realize that the SR ascendant in the 1st house of birth is one of the worst positions that could ever strike a man. The above remarks, together with many other observations, originate from an extremely long practice & are supported by hundreds of personal reports of people who relocated their own SR according to the method described in this book, who can confirm every single point of what I have written down here. (pg. 5) In the Solar Return section itself, he writes, It is important to make one thing clear. In other books of mine, especially in my Trattato pratico di Rivoluzioni solari, I have already tried to explain this, but perhaps I haven't been clear enough - or maybe my readers did not understand. I would try again, further emphasizing the meanings of such a celestial combination. Perhaps if I speak out in further detail, readers would hear me & understand me better. According to my experience, the 12th, the 1st & the 6th house of the Solar Return are extremely dangerous & detrimental places, without significant differences of degree among each other. Saying that they show 'amost the same level' of detriment means that if the 12th house scores, say, minus 100 points, both the 1st & the 6th house score minus 98. These are facts, I have been misunderstood so far.... I would not spend a single word about the alleged growth that you can achieve being in trouble, or about the good of these three houses: the reader may find my point of view in other sections of this book and in my other books. I would rather underline the meanings of such wickedness... (pg. 325) From these extracts we get a sense of the author's techniques & point of view. Since there are 365 AND A QUARTER days in a year, the solar return ascendant shifts by roughly 90 degrees a year, meaning that every four years, the solar return ascendant & the natal ascendant are, more or less, the same. This is one of the very few books we have of non-English astrology. It is very well-translated, and printed on heavy coated stock. The book weighs twice what any other book would. Both of these are indications the author is highly regarded in his native Italy. I would like to hear feedback from readers. Ricerca '90, 558 pages.

	THE CHANGING SKY: A practical guide to predictive astrology - Steven Forrest, $18.95 Contents: Dedication Acknowledgements Preface Part 1: Creating the future: 1. Who's in charge?: Uncertainty, Three levels, Fields of probability 2. The root prediction: Tuning in Part 2: Transits: 3. Transits 1: Definitions: The first technique, Trigger points, The slow-fast distinction, What about retrogradation? When the party's over 4. Transits 2: Teachers & tricksters 3. Transits 3: The cycle of houses: Cyclical patterns, Houses in practice, Trigger points in houses 6. Transits 4: The cycle of life: Planetary cycles, The scheme of life Part 3: Progressions: 7. Progressions 1: What are progressions?: Symbolic time, Secondary progressions, Regrograde progressions, The orbs of the progressed aspects, Other progressive techniques 8. Progressions 2: More teachers & tricksters: The progressed ascendant, The progressed midheaven 9. Progressions 3: The progressed Moon: The significance of the progressed Moon, Progressed Moon through the houses, Progressed Moon through the signs Part 4: The progressed planets: 10. Progressions 4: The progressed planets & angles: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Midheaven & Ascendant Part 5: Synthesis: 11. Putting it all together: Your ace in the hole, The ace up your sleeve, Strategic overview, Four nets, Net one, Net two, Net three, Net four, The scope of time, Impact thresholds, Detecting patterns & themes 12. Artist, evangelist, madman: Vincent Van Gogh 13. Weather working Appendix: How to look up transits; The teachers & tricksters ephemeris,1999-2010 Comment: Of the various chapters, Transit 1 gives the mechanics of transiting planets. Transit 2, Teachers & Tricksters introduces Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto as Teachers & Tricksters, which is a recurring theme in Forrest's books. He then introduces Mars, Venus, Mercury, Sun & Moon, but as transiting planets the best they can do is backfire. Or the worst, I suppose. This chapter is a general overview of what transiting planets may do in your chart. Transits 3 gives a general overview of houses, as if they were one continuous storyline, from one house to another, on & on. I've never really understood this, as, to me, house transits are at best background influences, but I digress. Forrest: If our passage through the second house has been a successful one, we are now filled with a sense of legitimacy & authority. We have proven ourselves to ourselves. We now become curious and communicative, eager to learn - and eager to teach. Restlessness & mental energy become dominant features of our character.... (pg. 78) Transits 4 is the 29 year Saturn cycle, the 84 year Uranus cycle, the Neptune cycle, the Pluto cycle, the Jupiter cycle, all neatly summed up. In Progressions 2: More Teachers & Tricksters, we get Sun, Mercury, Venus & Mars as teachers & tricksters. Of this concept, Forrest writes, Teachers & tricksters. Exactly what are we talking about here? The mind likes myths; heroes & villians always hold our attention. To speak of "Mercury the Trickster" or "Venus the Teacher" is evocative. It excites the spirit & alerts the mind. For those reasons, speaking of Teachers & Tricksters elivens our approach to astrology, making it interesting and effective. Still, we must careful not to be deceived by the power of our own mythology. Teachers & Tricksters are not forces of Light and Darkness "out there" in space. They are internal. You are your own Trickster and your own Teacher. Transits and progressions signal developmental steps happening inside you. They can be ridden like a perfect, cresting waves or tripped over like misplaced furniture - all according to the choices & commitments you make. (pg. 138) This is, in fact, how most of the book goes. In the entire book, the only actual delineations are the progressed Moon through the signs & houses, and the progressed Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Midheaven & Ascendant to the various planets, Sun through Pluto. Seven Paws Press, 303 pages.

	ROADMAP TO YOUR FUTURE, A Quick Guide to Progressions & Transits - Bernie Ashman, $23.00 From the back cover: "...illustrates the potential of every aspect, whether easy or challenging, and sparks the thinking process by beginning each section with a series of pertinent keywords. His concise interpretations contain the depth that only a mix of astrology and psychology can achieve." Contents: Prediction and life processes; The birth chart - roots of prediction; The dance of the planets - aspects; Transits; Symbolic time pieces - progressions; Progressed angles; Planet/planet aspects; Planet/ascendant aspects; Planet/midheaven aspects; Planet/nodes of the moon aspects. 429 pages. AFA, paper.

	POTENTIAL FULFILLED, vol 1: ACCIDENT PATTERNS - Priscilla M. Gilbert, $9.00 From the introduction: "To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and this to me is one of the best reasons for each individual to know the potential pattern of his natal chart...." Contents includes: Plane crash; Hit by car; Hit by train; Head-on car collision; Car skidded into a telephone pole; Car ran into an embankment; Car collision; Accidental electrocution; Pinned under a car; Hit by a truck while on his motorcycle; Death by a fall. 105 pages. AFA, paper.

	POTENTIAL FULFILLED, vol 2: WHAT SAVED THEM? - Priscilla M. Gilbert, $9.00 From the introduction: "Since there is a season for all things, then there must be a cosmic clock, a life rhythm to which we individually respond, and this - the potentiality of events - is reflected or shown on the life map of the chart." Contents: Drove car into a drainage ditch; Rolled over in his semi-truck; Head-on collision; Fall from a sand motorcycle; Fell off a cliff; Hit by a train; Shattered foot on curbstone; Train crash; Third-degree burns; motor-cycle accident; Car crash; Car accident. 100 pages. AFA, paper.

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